Hairdresser punched by Mike Parr? (6)
I believe the answer is:
salmon
'parr?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'hairdresser punched by mike' is the wordplay.
'hairdresser' becomes 'salon' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'punched by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mike' becomes 'M' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'salon' enclosing 'm' is 'SALMON'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for salmon that I've seen before include "Migratory fish" , "Underwater swimmers" , "Pale pinkish orange colour" , "Sockeye, for example" , "Game fish" .)